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November 12, 2012

The L.A. Show Low Down (Or "Don't Tell Me That We're Not The Same, We Face The Fire Together, Brothers Till The End...")

by Brad Roberts

Can we get back to normal now? The tension release on Wednesday after the election was palpable and actually very uplifting. Now that we've stepped back from the abyss, (I felt like I awakened from a nightmare) I can focus on music again. It's now the season to start compiling lists of the best of the year. I have so many favorites I can just rattle off the top of my head that I'm afraid when I begin to dig a little deeper the list of possibilities becomes unwieldy.

It's a week with some buried treasures and a few big shows. Jack Gibson (at right and Happy Birthday) is back in town which means a whole new set of shows by Tenlons Fort is in our future. This week we will catch up with them at Casey's Bar on Friday night when they play The Health Club residency, along with the extraordinarily promising new band, Peg. This is probably THE buried treasure of the week.

Probably the best night of the week offers a chance to see Long Beach's Peg, the newest band with Sheridan Riley which is causing quite a stir playing a bill with the newly returned to town, Tenlons Fort, and the always festive, The Health Club downtown at Casey's Bar. That's a great bill! I always look forward to seeing who Jack has in Tenlons Fort each go round.